Glasgow Cathedral

Almost 10 years ago, after major reconstruction, the Cathedral Precinct was totally renovated. The West End of the Cathedral can now be seen from the High Street through a tree-lined piazza. On the corner of the piazza, opposite the Cathedral, is the Museum of World Religions while opposite the Museum stands Glasgow's oldest House known as Provand's Lordship.

A brief description of what will be seen during the tour of the Precinct follows:

Glasgow Cathedral is the oldest building in Glasgow. Structurally, it dates largely from the end of the 13th century. It also incorporates features, some of them visible, others beneath the surface, from earlier cathedrals of the 12th century. There are also two additions dating from the 15th century, the Blacader Aisle and the 'pulpitum' or organ loft.

A modern feature comprises the fine stained glass windows in the Quire, mainly installed in the nineteen-sixties and then regarded as one of the finest collections of modern stained glass in Europe.

The focal point of the Lower Church is the Tomb of St. Kentigern or Mungo as he is more often called in Glasgow. The Cathedral and earlier buildings were erected on or near the site of a monastic settlement which he founded in the sixth century.

From May-September inclusive, voluntary guides are on duty to take groups of visitors around the Cathedral.

In contrast to the Cathedral, this building is one of the newest in Glasgow. It was opened by HRH The Princess Royal in April 1993.

Built to blend architecturally with the Cathedral in the newly designed Cathedral Precinct, it was originally planned as the Cathedral Visitor Centre.

The public appeal led by two successive Lord Provosts raised £2.5 millions but the cost of the building outstripped this total. The building, therefore, was completed by Glasgow District Council and developed as a Museum of World Religions, said to be the first of its kind in Europe.

It contains a restaurant, shop and the Cathedral Halls. In the shop, there are a great variety of goods including scarves and ties in the Cathedral tartan and silver brooches, ear rings etc. depicting the symbols of the legends attributed to St. Mungo, which form the Glasgow Crest.

The bird that never flew
The tree that never grew
The fish that never swam
The bell that never rang.

PROVAND'S LORDSHIP

Except for the Cathedral, Provand's Lordship is the oldest building now standing in Glasgow.

It was built some 500 years ago, when the population of Glasgow was but a few thousand and its whole being was bound up with the life of the Cathedral.

Around the Cathedral were the "manses" of the canons, who formed the Chapter and who served in the Cathedral on rotation for three months in the year.

Provand's Lordship is the only one of these "manses" remaining.

It was built by Bishop Andrew Muirhead in the middle of the 15th century. It is three storeys high and in those days overlooked an orchard and garden.

In 1993 Glasgow District Council accepted plans for the creation of a mediaeval garden at the rear of the building which completed the redevelopment of the Cathedral Precinct in modern times.

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